Texas SAGE CS Teacher-Mentor Pilot

Professional Development

Teachers are often thrust into a new computer science class without resources or professional development. The Texas Supporting and Guiding Educators in CS Program (Texas SAGE CS) is a mentorship program that aims to provide much needed support for educators that are new to teaching computer science or that wish for support in teaching a new CS subject. Mentee computer science teachers will be paired with a mentor(s) to help them grow in pedagogy and content knowledge for one semester. Mentee teachers will receive monthly in-person support from their mentors, weekly virtual check-ins, as well as access to an online community with other participating mentors/mentees and WeTeach_CS staff. The online community will be used to facilitate discussion of content, pacing, and practice on coding as well as ongoing support.